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Commentary by Jillian Borman, MS-4, …
Category: Rheumatology
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Grand Rounds: “Behcet’s Disease: What It Is, and Isn’t”
October 16, 2008
Commentary by Jon-Emile Kenny MD, PGY- 2
Please also see the clinical vignette presented during last week’s grand rounds
Dr. Yusuf Yazici of the NYU Behcet’s Syndrome Center opened his talk by discussing the classic triad of symptoms …
How Do You Approach a Patient with Arthritis and Hepatitis C?
August 7, 2008
Commentary by Peter Izmirly MD, NYU Division of Rheumatology
A 54 year old male with a past medical history significant for hepatitis C genotype 1a s/p ifn/ribavarin 2003-2004 with HCV Qual negative in 2005 presents with 3 weeks of bilateral …
Grand Rounds: “ANCA-Associated Vasculitis: Update for Internists”
April 9, 2008Commentary by Aditya Matoo MD, PGY-2
This week’s medicine grand rounds was given by Dr. Peter Merkel, M.D., M.P.H., Associate Professor of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology and Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Boston University …
Grand Rounds: “Fibromyalgia and Homeopathy: Holmes, Hogwarts and the Prince of Wales”
February 14, 2008Commentary by Nitasha Sarswat MD, PGY-3
This week’s Medicine Grand Rounds speaker was Gerald Weissmann, MD, a familiar face at Bellevue/NYU. He is a professor of rheumatology, the former chairman of the Department …
Who Should Receive Prophylaxis for Gout?
December 26, 2006
A 70 year old male, former alcoholic, with a past history of gout diagnosed by joint aspiration, presents with his second episode of right 1st metatarsal erythema, swelling and severe pain in the last 6 months.
Fast Facts-Rheumatology
November 30, 2006Bellevue Morning Report Teaching Points 11/27
CC: Left knee swelling and pain x 1 week
54 yo male without past medical history in his usual state of health until 5 weeks prior when he had painful ejaculation and intermittent dysuria, denies penile …